Strip-punching apparatus



l M. SHANKLIN.

STRIP PUNCI'IING APPARATUS.

. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5| 'I9I8-l 1`,31-6,916. Patented July l20, 1920.

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' B. M. SHANKLIN.

` STRIP PUNCHIN'G APPARATUS.

I ,v APPLICATION FILED Nov. 5. IsIa; 1,346,916. Patented July 20, 1920.

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ATTORNEYS.

B. M. SHANKLIN.

STRIP PUNCHING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED Nov. 5. 1918.

Patented July 20, 1920.

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B. M; SHANKUN.

STRIP PUNCHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NV- 5| I9I8- V Patented July 20, 1920.

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IN V EN TOR.

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UNITED `S'TA'I'S/ BENJAMIN M. SHANKLIAN, or SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

STRIP-PUNCHING APPARATUS.

Application filedrNovember 5, 1918. Serial No. 261,196

provements in Strip-Punching Apparatus,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in strip punching apparatus and vmore particularly to apparatus which is arranged to contain and operate upon a roll of transfers v or the like in continuous strip form.

' One object of the invention is to provide a strip punching mechanism, which is particularly designed for use in street cars and the like, and involves a segregation of all the relatively 4elaborate punching vmecha,-

nism into one relatively small and conveniently portable casing and the grouping ofl thel relatively simple and inexpensive actu ating devices for such mechanism in a stationary pedestal, together with means connecting the pedestal and casing to permit convenient 'removal of thelatter.

Another object is to provide in combination witha strip punching apparatus of the type described, a single lever to actuate the entire apparatus and means permitting the removal of such lever together 4.withpa disposition of parts such that by the removal of the lever the entire mechanism is proof against actuation.

Another object of the invention is'to prof vide in an apparatus Yof the lclass described several groups of punches and improved and manually operable devices to select any one punchl of each group for subsequent actuation. l 'f A further object of the invention is to provide in a strip punching apparatus generally simplied and improved mechanical structure.

Other features andV advantages 'will apillustrative embodiment of the invention in necting it to its supporting pedestal;

Specification of Letters Patent.

' other like pedestal.

Patented July Fig. 4 .is asectional the line 4-4 of Fig. 1

Fig. 5 is an enlarged elevational. view of` the apparatus, with part of the casing broken away to reveal interiormechanism; Fig. 6 1s a sectional plan view illustrative of a detail of the operating mechanism;

Fig. 7 is a sectional'view taken on the:

line 7-77 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged fragmentary crossaTENiY ortica. I

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plan view taken on sectional view taken on the kline 8 8v of Fig.2;

Fig. 9 lis an enlarged fragmentary cross-Al Vsectional view taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. l; L n

Fig. 10 is a detail elevational view of l*a part shown in Fig. 7 l

Figs. 11 and'12 are sectional viewstaken on vthe lines 11-11 and 12-12 respectively ofFig. 9;

Fig. 13 is an enlarged fragmentary crosssectional view taken on the line 13-13 of Fig. 2; l

Fig. 14 is a fragmentary sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 13; and

Fig. 15 is a fragmentary plan view Vof Fig. 14.

Referring to these drawings Vin detail The transfer issuing and punching mechatnism is contained within a casing A, which in turn is supported upon a pedestal B. Associated with the latter is a lever, preferably course be employed,one at each end of the car and rather than to provide duplicate mechanism of the sort contained in casing A, vmeans are provided whereby thecasing A maybe conveniently removed from pedestal B and subsequently 4connected t0` an- For example, the lower B are provided withinter-engageablefemale and male ends 2() and 21 respectively. On the interior surface of theend 20- are 1 three angularly spaced wedge-like projecf portionV of the c casing A and the upper portion of pedestalV tions 22 (Figs. 1 and `3) which converge ."5

downwardly` and restrict the open lower.

end of member 20. Formed on theexterior surface of member 21 are three angularly spaced and similar wedge-like projections 23 (Figs. 1 and 4) which diverge upwardly and enlargethe upper end of member 21.

The spaces between the projections 22 are atV least equal in width tothe projections 23 so that the two ends 2O and 21 may be telescoped, when the projections 22 of the formera-re so located as to pass between the projections 23 of the latter. Then, by turnl to receive a suitable nut 24, the lower face of which is adapted to engage apart of the pedestal, and, by turning nut 24, the end 2O maybe raised to Vdraw its projections 22 into intimate and binding engagement with the projections 23 and thus firmly hold the pedestal B' and casing A in interlocked relation. It will, therefore, be seen that the casingA is readily and conveniently removable from pedestal B and as readily and conveniently applicable to a pedestal of like eonstruction.

VThe pedestal B, as described, is provided with a foot pedal p to actuate the mecha nism in casing A. Such pedal is provided intermediate its ends with a pivot pin 25 (Figs. 1 and 4), which extends from each side of the pedal and the ends of which are adapted to lie in vertical slots 26 formed in two spaced lugs 27 on the pedestal. The pedal p fits between lugs 27 and its inner end passesthrough a slot 28 in the pedestal and underlies the lower end of a rod 29. Pedal 79, may be conveniently removed by lifting its outer enduntil pin 25 is free from slots`26, whereupon the pedal may be withdrawn. Thus, the one pedal may be used with vtwo pedestals, but more important is the fact that the pedal may be removed, whenever the attendant leaves the apparatus, for the purpose of preventingunauthorized persons from operating theap` paratus and fraudulently obtaining trans fers. V

The described rod 29 is suitably mounted arm 35 which is mounted on a shaft 36 journaled in a pair of spaced side frames C suitably supported from the bottom wall of cas# ing A. Also mounted in frames C isa shaft 37 upon `which is suitably fixed at one corner a triangular shaped arm 38. One free cor-A ner of the latter is connected by a link 39 oppositedirection and returned into the with the described arm 35 and the other and lower corner of arm38 is connected by a coil spring 40 with the frame C. Also fixed upon shaft 37 is a segmental gear 41 from which the transfer punching and feeding mechanism is actuated. The' spring 40 Ytends tohold the gear 41, rod 34 and connected parts in the illustratedposition, in which the lower end of link 39 abuts the bottom wall of casing A as a stop. It will readily be apparent that upona depression of pedal p, the gear 41 will be turned in a counterclockwise direction and upon release of such pedal, the gear will be moved in an illustrated position by the spring 40, the rod 29 being independently returned by spring 30.

The described frames C 42 (Fig. 8) which is provided with a longitudinal channel v43 through which the strip to be punched, as s, (Fig. 5) is passed. K The strip s is conveniently provided in roll form and the roll of strip `is supported on an arbor 44 mounted in the side frames C. 90 From the arbor 44, strip s passes through the passage 43 and emerges from the right hand end of the casing A, as indicated. The .Jtrip s may be drawn through passage 43 by any suitable means and the present invention is not concerned with the strip feeding means. It is understood that a suitable type of strip feeding means maybe provided in casing A and may be operated from the gear 41 by suitable connections exemplified in part by the gear 45, but, inasmuch as a knowledge of the strip feeding means is support a` plate Y i unnecessary to an understanding of the the quarter hour printed designations on strip s; a group of two punches 49V (Fig. 9) one of which is adapted to punch the A. M. and the other the P. M. printed designations on the transfer strip s; and a group of two punches 50 (Fig. 13) one of which is adapted to punch the In bound. and the other the Out bound printed des` ignationsr on the'transfer strip rs. Other 120 groups of punches maybe provided as de,- l sired, or as is necessary to suit the particular krequirements of various typesl of transfer strips. The present groups of punches are described merely because it will be necessary to later refer to them foran understanding of other and novel features to be later described. y Y

vAll of the-punches are of lsimilar construction and a description of .one punch1a0 as 47, will suffice for all. As'shown in Fig. 8, the punch 47 is mounted to slide vertically in plate 46 and is normally held in elevated position, wherein its lower end is flush with the bottom of plate 46, by a spring 51 which tends to lift the punch by engagement with a collar 52 thereon, the collar of this, as well as those of all the other punches, being engageable with arthin cover plateA 53 on plate 46 as a stop. -Each punch is capable of being depressed by means to be described and when depressed passes" through the strip s in passage 43 and into a hole 54 in plate 42, the punched out portions of the strip falling into a suitable receptacle, as a pan 55 secured to the underside of plate 42 as shown.V Y

The punch depressing devices'fo'r each of the several groups of punches are all carried on a frame D, which is depressible by means actuated by the described gear 41. Thus, to each side of frameD is'l'iXed a pair of spaced rods 56 (one pair 'of which appears in Fig. 5) and each pair of such rods pass through and are slidably mounted in an outwardly projecting part Y57 of frame C (see also Fig. 28)/ Between suchl part and frame D are springs 58 which tendto hold the frame in elevated position. The lower ends of each pair of rods 56 are connected by a cross-bar 59. Mounted in frames C is a shaft 60 which projects from the sides of the frames and bears a cam 61 (see also Figs. 6 and 7). intermediate the ends of shaft and loosely mounted thereon is a pinion 62 which meshes with the described segmental gear 41. Fixed to pinion 62 is a hollow disk 63-'to which` is pivoted a `pawl 6.4. Within disk 63 and fixed to shaft 60 is a-ratchet 65 havinga single tooth, as shown in Fig. 7,jto receive the pawl 64. Obviously, as gear 41 is moved in a counter clockwise direction, `the pinion 62 and pawl carrying disk 63 will be turned in a clockwisel direction, so that pawl 64, having been previously' engaged with the tooth of ratchet 65, will turn the latter'and thus shaft 60 and ,cams 61 in a clockwise direction. On a reverse movement of gear, 41 however, the ratchet65 will not be turnec and suchmovement of the' gear 41 may be made to 4operate other mechanism, as the strip feeding mechanism, through the gear 45 and other devices with which thisinvention is not concerned. The ratio lbetween gear 41 and pinion 62 and the extent of oscillation impartedy to gear 41 is so designed Y as to effect oneV complete revolution of pinion 62. Thus, cam 61 will be turned through one complete cycle 'to lower frame Dand thereafter permit itto returninto `the illustrated position under the force of springs 58.

The punch actuating devices carried by frame D are of various forms, depending upon the group of punches which they con- `which when the bar is depressed isv engaged troi and more particularly upon lthe lfrel quency with whichfthey requireto be used. Thus, for the destination punches the means shown in Fig. 8 may be advantageously employed. vF or each punch `47 of-'the desdepressed.4 Thus, as shown in Fig. 8, the

lever 67 is movable into the position indicated by dotted lines, which position is such that the'lower armof the lever will engage and depress punch 47 Awhen frame D is lowered bythe mechanism Halready described. Each bar 69is'providedl with a 'shoulder' 70,

by a latch 71Vpivotally mountedv at 72,

whereby the bar 69 may be held indepressed position, Y

The present invention is not particularly concerned. .with the "punch selectors or actu-` ators of the destination'v group and the above description is given merely to'enable a better understandingof certain `desirable details of structure associated with this group 95 of punches, as will appear below.A Actually, means are providedto interlockA allv thelatches 71 to the end thaty a depression of any oneV bladeV will restorer all other previously depressed blades, as more particu-k larly outlined in my co'pendingA` application Serial No. 195,311 filed October`8, 1917.

Detailed description and illustration of such interlocking means is however, not 'necessary to an understanding Iof this invention and is accordingly omitted.

y Heretofore, the upper ends of blades 69 have protruded upwardly through'- the outer casingv A of the apparatus and have been provided `with buttonsor 'finger pieces to permit convenient' depression ofthe bar. Since' the'bars 69 rise and fall withframe D, byreason of the engagement ofthe latter withshoulders 73 on bars 69, it has been necessaryto space the buttons vfrom rthe upper face ofcasing `A` by a sufficient distance to permitthis movement.'A Sucharrangement is not only awkward in appearance, but the lbuttons must be placed onand -iixedto the tops ofthevbars after the outer lSnQ has :been applied 'and they are not readily removable, 1

do'- not protrude from the 'ca-singlA,` but ter- Vminatevithin the latter'. Springs74,'coiled f l 125 shoulders73 abut frame D Above frameI D,V

and supported lin parallelrelation therewith f by two` laterally. spaced standards '76' lat'- .130

tination group there is provided a bell 'crank Accordi ng to thisinvention, the bars i.

ltached to the described elements 57 (as shown in Figs. 5 and 8),.is a plate 77. TheV latter has a plurality of holes therein through which the tops of bars 69 protrude and in such holes are slidably received the hollow sleeve like lower ends 78 of buttons 79. The buttons 79 are in turn slidable vertically in two contigu-ous plates 80 and 81 which are removably secured in and close the uppervwall of casing A. The intersection of the elements 7 8 and 79 affords an external flange 82 and an interior shoulder 83. The shoulders 83 rest upon the upper ends of bars 69 and the flanges 82 abut the under side of plate 80. l Y

Asshown in Fig. 8, the plates 80 and 81 fit within a recess in the upper face of casing A, the lower plate 80 resting upon a flange 84 of the casing and being secured thereto by screws 85, (see Fig. 2). The upper plate,

which will hereinafter be termed the name plate since, as shown in Fig. 2,y it bears printed designations for each of the'buttons 79, rests upon plate 80 and its outer face lies flush with the outer top face of casing A. .Screws 86 threaded into casing A have their heads arranged to overlie plate 81. A portion of the heads of screws 86 are cut away, as at 87 ,so that the screws may be turned slightly to release plate 81 and allow it to be quickly removedand another name plate substituted for it, if desired.

The punch actuators or selectors for the punches 48 and 49 are of a` different type as will now be described with particular reference to Figs. 9, 10, 11 and 12. The frame D has rotatablyy mounted therein a shaft 88, upon which are actuators for the punches 49 and other actuators for the punches- 48.

Thus, the shaft 88 has near one end three pins 89 which extend diametrically therethrough and project equidistantly from opposite sides of the shaft. The pins 89 arel located axially on the latter in the vertical planes of their respective punches 48, as

shown, in Fig. 9. As shown in Fig. 12, the.

pins 89. are angularly spaced from one another onshaft 88 by angles of forty-five degrees. By turning shaft 88, each pin 89 may be made to overlie its punch 48 twice in eachV revolution and at such positions noL other pin A89 will overlie any other punch 48. Also on shaft 88 are two axially spacedand oppositely arranged semi-circular flanges 90,

one arranged to overlie one punch 49 'and the other to overlie the other punch 49. The arrangement is such that'one or the other of punches 49 will yalways be actuated Virrespective ofthe angular position of shaft'88. On one end of thelatter is. fixed a disk 91, the inner faceof which is engaged by a spring pressed detent 9 2 slidable in abar 93 secured to the frame D. In back of shaft 88, there is another shaft (not shown) which has on one end (that ropposite from disk 91)V a disk 94 which is engaged'by asimilar' detent 95 mounted in bar 93. Such second shaft may be similar inV construction to shaft 88 and the exact detailed construction of eitherv of these shafts is immaterial to thepresent invention.

The present invention isl concerned morer shaft 88 must for vconvenience be kmounted inthe stationaryY outerk casing A, yprovision must be made 'to permit the rising and falling of shaft V88.withlrelationto the casingA. This I provide for by the following means which constitute one feature of the invention. Thus a knurleddisk96 is rotatably mounted on an inwardly proj ecting stud 97 of a bracket 98 secured to the outer side face of casing A and the latter and bracket serve also to hold the disk 96 againstaxial move-V ment. Fixed on one face'of the disk 91and projectingtoward the adjacent face of disk 96are a pair of pins 99 which areequidistantly located from .the` center of shaft 88 and arranged diametrically opposite one another. Fixed on the inner face of disk 96 and projecting toward the adjacent face of disk 91.are apair of similarly arranged pins 100. In theassemblingof the machine,fdisk 96 is turned until its pins 99 are spaced from pins 100 by 'angles of ninety degrees. A loose plate `101 (see Fig. 10) is provided with four radial and rightangularly arranged slots 102.` Asr indicated in Fig. 8, the pins without disengaging pins 99 from slots 102y and so that shaft 88 may be turned by disk 96 despite the rise and fall ofthe former.` Two small pins 103 are provided on disk .101 to loosely engage the inner face of disk 96 for the purpose of spacing disk 101 there-` from. As indicated, in Fig. 8, similar means are provided on the *otherv side face ofthe machineuto operate another shaft similar to shaft 88, such other shaft beingoperable by a knurled disk 104 vand associated devices similar'to those just described. v y AnotherV group of punches, such as the punches 105 (Fig. 14) 'may be selected for actuation ondepression of frame D by means which are not accessible from with- Vout the casing .A. .Thus,` a plate 106 slidably mounted inframe D to permit its kremoval, contains a plurality of holes 107, one

rais overlying each punch 105. A pin 108 is iniziepie f,

used for other purposes andthe mechanism,

for selecting and actuating these punches, is designed for any group of two punches which require that either one or the other of the two punches be operated. The present arrangement is characterized in that the selection of one punch automatically restores the selector for the other punch and this result is accomplished by improved means as will now be described.

Referring to Fig. 13, a single punch actuator 110 is provided which, as shownin Fig. 14, protrudes through a suitable slot in frame D and depends into proximity with the horizontal plane in which the upper ends of punches 50'are disposed. The member 110 has an upper cross-bar portion 111 which is supported by, and mounted to slide horizontally with respect to, a bracket 112 secured to frame D. Studs 113 secured to the bracket 112 pass through horizontal slots 114 in the cross-bar 111 to permit the sliding movement described. The means,` for sliding member 111 and thus settin member 110 or selecting the desired punc 50, must needs be carried by the stationary frame, as the described plate 77, for example.` Thus, a plate 115 is pivoted by the stud 116 to frame 77 and is so mounted as to swing in a vertical plane parallel and closely adjacent to that in which the cross-bar 111 is disposed. On plate 115 and below the pivot stud 116 is an outwardly projecting pin 117 which lies in a vertical slot 118 in the described cross-bar 111. Such pin and slot connections permit rise and fall of the frame D relatively to the stationary frame 77. Above the pivot stud 116 and substantially diametrically opposite from pin .117',l

there is provided on plate 115 a pin 119 which extends oppositely from pin 117 and'v overlies the upper face of plate 77. Mounted to slide vertically in the latter and vertically in line with the center of stud 116V is a spring pressed detent 120. The upper end of -the latter is disposed intermediatev the twov eXtreme-positions of pin 119 and as shown engages the pin to releasably hold it in one or the other of such positions. The upper end of detent 120 being pointed, the pin 119 may cam it downwardly to permit swinging of plate 115, but the upward pressure of the pointed detent on pin `119.forces it to'assume one or the other r of its extreme positions. There remains onlyv to provide means' accessible from outside casing Ato rock the plate115 and this is accomplished by buttons 121, similar to and interchangeable with, the buttons 79 described. TheV buttons 121 are slidable' in plates 80 and 81 and have lower and integral sleeve-like por- Y.

tions 122 which are slidable in plate 77. Each of the hollow portions 122 is arrangedy to` receive a prong-like and'rgenerally upwardly extending portion'123 of plate 115.

The flange 124, at the intersection of the,l

buttons 121. with the portions 122,"abut either the upper face of plate 77 or the un'- der face'of plate 807 accordingly asthe buttons are in elevated or depressed position. It will be readily seen that a depression of the button 121, which is in elevated position,y will rock plate 115 in a clockwise direction (Fig. 13) and slide the part 110'to .theleft so that the latter overlies theleft hand punch 50. Suchv movement of plate 115Y will necessarily elevate button 121 so that it may subsequently be depressed to shift the punch actuator 110 back into the illustrated position.

.In operation, the operator first selects the I appropriate punch of each of the several groups. Thus, he depresses one of the several buttons 79, one of the buttons 12.1, and turns the disk 96 or disk 104 or both, as necessary. rlfhe pin 108, of course,lis also fitted into the appropriate hole` 107, although this pin is used to controla group of punches which requires a change only at infrequent intervals. It may not always be, and frequently is not, necessaryto make all the selections described.` The selections Vhaving been made, the operator then depresses pedal p, which as lalready described, results inI a depression of-framejD and thus an .aci tuation of the severalselected punches and a perforation of thel strip s at afplurality of predetermined points. rl'Che strip s may fbe fed through the machine in any suitable manner, 1n`so far as thisinvention 1s con.-

cerned, as by hand if desired or automatically as disclosed'in-the above-mentioned Y co-lLx-indingapplication.v j l r In the practical use of the punching` ap-` paratus, the operator'is provided with'only one casing A and this casing is'shiftedfrom one end .of the car tc the otherand` tempo-v rarily connected to a supporting pedestal B'. The pedal p is likewise shiftable 'from pedestal 'to pedestal in a like mannerand, more important still, it is readilyy removable.

Vwhenever the operator leaves the apparatus for the purpose ofedec'tually preventing the v tor and punch actuating mechanism for theY punches 5071's also considered important for a like reason andV for the reason that such mechanism` is simple, inexpensive to construct,' easy to assemble and withal efficient and convenient for its intended purpose. The provision of theremovable name plate '8l and the readily removable and interv changeablebuttons 79 and 121 constitute important features of the invention. The buttons or finger pieces may be standardized and manufactured in large quantities at low cost. rfhe buttons are devoid of all markings, lthese being applied to the plate 8l which is interchangeable with other similar plates bearing different markings. This feature ofthe invention makes the apparatus practical and commercially satisfactory for street railway operation for the same apparatus may be used on different lines and different systems without requiring anything other than the substitution of a different name plate and the Vuse of a differently printed transfer strip s.

The invention has been disclosed herein, in an embodiment at present preferred, for illustrative purposes, but the scope of the invention is dei/ined by the appended-claims rather than by Lthe foregoing description.

lVhat I claim is, l Y

l. In a strip punching apparatus, two

depressible punches, a frame depressible 'toward said punches, a punch actuating member carried by said frame and slidable therein from a position wherein it is effective to engage one of said punches to a position wherein itis e'ective to engage the other of said punches on depression of said frame,

a stationary/frame, and means carried by the latter to shift said member from one position to the other, said means including connections to permit relative movement between said frames.

2. In a strip punching apparatus, two 'dei pressible punches, a frame depre'ssible toward said punches, a punch actuating member carried by said frame and slidable therein from a Vposition wherein it is effective to engage one of said punchesto a position wherein it is effective to engage the other ofV said punches on depression of said frame,

g f1 a` stationary frame, means carried by the latv ter toshift said member from one position totheother, saidmeans including connections to permit relative movementbetween said frames,fand means to releasably hold s said member in each of said positions.

3. In a strip Vpunching apparatus, two depressible punches, a framel depressible toward said punches, a punch actuating inember carried by said frame and slidable therein from aposition wherein it is effective to engage one of Vsaid punches to a position wherein it is effective to engagethe other of said punches'on depression of said frame, al stationary frame, ateeterable lever carried by said second frame and connected to said member to shift .the same from one position to the other and permit relative.. movement between said frames, and a device associatedwith said lever to yieldingly hold it in each of its extreme positions and prevent it from i comingv to rest in an intermediate position.

4. In a strip punching apparatus, two del pressible punches, a frame depressible toward said punches, a punch actuating meinber carried by saidframe and slidable therein from a position wherein it is effective to engage one of said punches to a position wherein it iseifective to engage the other of said punches on depression of said frame, a stationary frame, a teeterable lever carriedby said second frame and connected to said member to shift the samevfrom one position to the other and permit relative movement between said frames, and a device associated with said lever to yieldingly holdv it in each of its extreme positions and prevent it from coming to rest in an intermediate position, said lever having an arm on each side of its pivotal axis, and a-finger piece carried by each arm whereby an actuation of one arm in one direction will move the other arm in the opposite direction for convenient-operation subsequently in the first-named direction.

5. In a strip punching apparatus, an inclosing casing, a depressible frame therein, a punch actuating member slidable on saidv frame from one position to another, a punch arranged to be engaged by said member in each of itsitwo positions, a teeterable lever,

means relatively stationary with relation to said frame upon which means said lever is pivoted, a pin on said lever, a slot provided in said member to receive "said pin, means tending to hold saidmember in and force it toV assume one or the other of said positions, arms on said lever, one on each side of its pivot, and depressible buttonsslidable in said casing Yand having hollow inner ends to loosely receive said arms.

6. In a strip punching apparatus, an inclosing casing having an opening in its upper face, a stationary member within the casing, a plurality of depressible punches in said member, a frame in said. casing and 'movable between said member and said face,

i with said devices to vmove the latter, each of said members terminating entirely within, but with an end closely adjacent said face, a closure plate for the latter and removably secured to said casing, and a plurality of buttons loosely resting upon said ends and slidable in said closure plate.

7. In a strip punching apparatus, an inclosing casing having an opening in its upper face, a stationary member within the casing, a plurality of depressible punches in said member, a frame in said casing and movable between said member and said face, punch actuating devices carried by said frame and movable to and from positions in which they are effective to engage said punches on movement of said frame toward said member, depressible members associated with said devices to move the, latter, each ofsaid members terminating entirely Within, but with an end closely adjacent said face, a closure plate for the latter and removably secured to said casing, a plurality of lbuttons loosely resting upon said en'ds and slidable in said closure plate, and a second plate superimposed on the closure plate and readily removable independently of the latter, said second plate adapted to bear appropriate designations for said buttons.

S. In a strip punching apparatus, an outer casing having an opening in its upper face, a stationary plate within the casing and below said face, a depressible frame within the casing and below said plate, a plurality of depressible members carred'by said trame, openings provided in said plate through which the upper ends or said members protrude, buttons having recessed lower named Vopening and having openings to ref ceive the upper ends of said buttons.

9. In a strip punching apparatus, an outer inclosing casing, a punch-carrying member therein, a frame within the casing and movable toward and away from said member, a plurality'of punch actuators, a support for ythe latter rotatable in said frame to bring one or more of said actua-V tors into position to actuate a punch on depression of said frame, a rotatable device on the casing, and means connectingV said device and rotary support, whereby the latter may be moved from withoutV the casing andmay move relatively-v said iframe.V Y t 10. In a strip punching apparatus, an outer inclosing casing, a punch carrying thereto on depression of Y member therein, a frame within the casing Y and movable toward and away from said member, a plurality of punch actuators, aA

support Jfor the latter rotatable in said frame to bring one or more of said actuators into position to actu'ate a punch on depression of said trame, a rotatable device on the casing, and means in the nature of a universal joint connecting said device and rotary support, whereby the latter may be BENJAMIN M. sHANKLIN. i 

